Sunny, loveable tenor Stubby Kaye with his butterball frame kept his real name a secret for his entire career. He was born Bernard Katzin in New York and started off in the world of entertainment in 1939 after winning a radio contest. Touring as a comedian in vaudeville for over a decade, he also appeared regularly with the USO during the war ...
Appeared as "Marvin Acme", the owner of Toontown, in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?".
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Portrayed Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the original Broadway cast of Guys and Dolls and reprised his role in the movie Guys and Dolls (1955).
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He once performed as Martin Wilson on the Major Bowes radio program, Original Amateur Hour, singing Comes Love, and impersonating celebrities such as Harry Richman, Jerry Colonna, Andy Devine, and Hugh Herbert. He stated that his current occupation was as a fruit sorter at a grocery store.
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
1969
Fat Writer
Sweet Charity
1969
Herman
The Monkees
1968
TV Series
Wolfgang
After Many a Summer
1967
TV Movie
Jo Stoyte
The Way West
1967
Sam Fairman
The Red Skelton Hour
1960-1966
TV Series
Abou-Smart / Mayor 'Honest' Claude Stickyfinger / Muggsy / ...
My Brother the Angel
1965
TV Series
Happy Herbie
Cat Ballou
1965
Shouter / Sam the Shade
Sex and the Single Girl
1964
Helen's Cabbie
Shenanigans
1964
TV Series
Host
Burke's Law
1963
TV Series
Joey Carson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1963
TV Series
George Cassidy
Ensign O'Toole
1963
TV Series
Tubby Mason
The Cool Mikado
1963
Judge Herbert Mikado / Charlie Hotfleisch
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
Cranston
My Sister Eileen
1960-1961
TV Series
Marty Scott
Full Speed for Anywhere
1960
TV Movie
Yeoman Stubby Fox
Startime
1960
TV Series
Joe
The Millionaire
1960
TV Series
Uncle George
Love and Marriage
1959-1960
TV Series
Stubby Wilson
Li'l Abner
1959
Marryin' Sam
Hansel and Gretel
1958
TV Movie
Town Crier
Pinocchio
1957
TV Movie
Town Crier
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
Fred Toten
The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1956
Howard Sloan (scenes deleted)
Guys and Dolls
1955
Nicely-Nicely Johnson
Taxi
1953
Morris (uncredited)
Hi-Ho Hollywood
1938
Short as Tiny Kaye
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009
TV Movie documentary performer: "Jubilation T. Cornpone"
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
performer: "Guys And Dolls"
Sweet Charity
1969
performer: "I Love to Cry at Weddings" - uncredited
Cat Ballou
1965
performer: "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" - uncredited
Li'l Abner
1959
performer: "Jubilation T. Cornpone", "The Country's in the Very Best of Hands", "I'm Past My Prime", "Matrimonial Stomp"
Hansel and Gretel
1958
TV Movie performer: "Market Today"
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
performer: "Howdy Friends and Neighbors"
Guys and Dolls
1955
performer: "Guys and Dolls" 1950, "Fugue for Tinhorns" 1950, "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game" 1950, "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" 1950 - uncredited